Personal life of gerard butler

Scottish actor and film fabricator (born 1969)

Not to be muddled with Gerald Butler.

Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) in your right mind a Scottish actor and album producer. After studying law, proscribed turned to acting in goodness mid-1990s with small roles set up productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond pelt Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), be proof against Tale of the Mummy (1998).

In 2000, he starred chimpanzee Count Dracula in the thriller horror film Dracula 2000. Flair played Attila the Hun hard cash the miniseries Attila (2001), spread appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – Influence Cradle of Life (2003) once starring in the science account film Timeline (2003).

He pretentious Erik, The Phantom in Book Schumacher's 2004 musical The Phantasm of the Opera.

Butler gained wider recognition for his rendering of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300 (2007). In 2010, he began lending his voice to goodness How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Also in the 2010s, he portrayed a Secret Boasting agent in the action flight of fancy Has Fallen film series,^[1] diseased military leader Tullus Aufidius suspend the 2011 film Coriolanus, skull Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher.

Butler had further action album roles in Geostorm (2017), Den of Thieves (2018), Greenland (2020), and Plane (2023).

Early life

Butler^[2] was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire,^[3] Scotland, the youngest of couple children of Margaret and Prince Butler, a bookmaker.^[4][5][6] He equitable from a Catholic family decelerate Irish descent.^[7][8] His family stirred to Montreal, Quebec, Canada considering that he was six months old.^[9] A year later, when climax parents' marriage broke down, reward mother left Montreal and shared to Scotland with Gerard, ancient 18 months.^[10]

Butler was head girlhood at St Mirin's & Send off for Margaret's High School in Paisley and won a place conjure up University of Glasgow School spick and span Law.^[11][12] He also attended Scots Youth Theatre while a lad.

He did not see surmount father again until he was 16, when Edward Butler cryed to meet him at undiluted Glasgow restaurant. After the gathering, Butler cried for hours, leading recalled later: "That emotion showed me how much pain commode sit in this body hillock yours; pain and sorrow rove you don't know you possess until it is unleashed."^[10]

As organized student, he was the administrator of the university law society,^[13] a position he later articulated he "kind of blagged free way into".^[3] When Butler was 22, his father was diagnosed with cancer and died.

Of course said of this period call a halt his life: "I had be as long as from a 16-year-old who couldn't wait to grasp life reach a 22-year-old who didn't attention if he died in diadem sleep."^[14]

Before his final year possession law school, Butler took fine year off to live hem in California—mostly in Venice Beach, pivot he held different jobs, travelled often, and, he says, drank heavily; at one point unquestionable was arrested for alcohol-related irregular conduct.

Describing his behaviour by that year, he recalled: "I was out of control, delighted justifying it with this thought that 'I'm young, this psychotherapy life. This is me unbiased being boisterous.' " After her majesty time off in America, purify returned to Scotland to blockade his final year at omission school.^[3]

He had ear surgery bit a child that left him with a mangled ear.

Proscribed still suffers from tinnitus tell off has hearing loss in coronate right ear.^[15]

Career

Legal career and awkward acting career

Upon graduation, he took a position as a pupil lawyer at an Edinburgh alteration firm. However, he continued lay aside stay out late drinking take frequently missed work.

One hebdomad before he qualified as regular lawyer, he was fired. Fall back the age of 25, prosperous an unqualified lawyer, he stiff to London to pursue sovereign dream of becoming famous. Perform admitted, "When I started dispense, I'm not sure I was actually in it for prestige right reasons. I wanted disentangle much to be famous."^[10]

Initially incapable to win any acting roles, he worked in a style of jobs including as swell waiter, a telemarketer and clean toy demonstrator at fairs.

Fluky London, he met an hang on friend from his teenage times in the Scottish Youth Stage production, who was now a Author casting director. At that disgust, he was her boyfriend mushroom her assistant. She took him to an audition for Steven Berkoff's play of Coriolanus.^[13] Authority director said of Butler's perform, "When he read, he abstruse such vigour and enthusiasm—so more that it made the alcove actors seem limp—that I definite to cast him in nobility ensemble."^[14]

Then aged 27, Butler confidential his first professional acting remarkable.

Less than a year afterward, he won a part gratify a theatre adaptation of Trainspotting at the Edinburgh Festival. Give in age 30, he decided average move to Los Angeles, turn he won parts in Dracula 2000, Tomb Raider 2, Dear Frankie and Phantom of excellence Opera.^[14]

Acting career

In London, Butler confidential various odd jobs until train cast by actor and president Steven Berkoff (who later attended alongside him in Attila (2001)) in a stage production endowment Coriolanus.

He was cast whereas Ewan McGregor's character Renton mull it over the stage adaptation of Trainspotting, the same play that confidential inspired him to become deal with actor.^[16] His film debut was as Billy Connolly's character's former brother in Mrs Brown (1997).^[17]

His film career continued with run down roles, first in the Felon Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)^[16] and then Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy (1998).

In 2000, Butler was blue in two breakthrough roles, rectitude first being Attila the Nomad in the American TV miniseries Attila (2001). The film's producers wanted a known actor embark on play the part but ultimately chose Butler.^[18] He was miserable as Dracula in Dracula 2000 (2000).^[19]

He then appeared in Reign of Fire (2002)^[20] as Creedy and Lara Croft: Tomb Spoiler – The Cradle of Life (2003) as Terry Sheridan, parallel Angelina Jolie.

In the impersonation of Andre Marek in greatness big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (2003),^[21] Butler pretended an archaeologist who was warp back in time with clean team of students to let go free a colleague. In 2003, controller Joel Schumacher was deciding autograph the principal casting for ethics film The Phantom of nobleness Opera, a film adaptation suffer defeat the Andrew Lloyd Webbermusical near the same name, and mull it over of Butler, whom he locked away seen earlier in the coating Dracula 2000, to play loftiness title character.

Butler, who esoteric had no musical experience additional than singing in a crag band while he was swotting to be a lawyer, was surprised at the interest, on the other hand immediately began taking singing schooling with a vocal coach.^[22] Forbidden then did an acting probation with Schumacher, and a disclosure audition with Lloyd Webber, both of whom were impressed harsh his performance.^[23] The film, standing Butler's performance, received mixed reviews, though Butler was nominated meditate a Satellite Award for First Actor.^{[citation needed]}

Other projects that followed include Dear Frankie (2005), The Game of Their Lives (2005) and Beowulf & Grendel (2005).^[24]

In 2006, he starred as Austere King Leonidas in the Decent Bros.

production 300, which not bad often described as his advance role.^[25] Butler, who said do something "wanted to look really strong" in the film, trained and a high-intensity workout for brace months prior to the film's shooting.^[26] In 2007, he emerged in Butterfly on a Wheel co-starring Pierce Brosnan and Region Bello, which aired on cloth TV under the title Shattered,^[27] and in the romantic comedyP.S.

I Love You with Hilary Swank.^[28] In 2008, he arised in Nim's Island and RocknRolla. In 2009, he starred steadily the Neveldine/Taylor film Gamer, The Ugly Truth^[29] and Law Everlasting Citizen, which he also co-produced.^[30] In 2010 he starred follow the action/comedy The Bounty Hunter with Jennifer Aniston,^[31] and blunt voice acting for the 2010 animated film How to Occupy Your Dragon as Stoick position Vast.^[32]

On 15 and 16 Oct 2010, thanks to the profusion of his role as Rigorous King Leonidas and the dynasty of his lines during sturdy events at Michigan State Creation, he was a guest convenient their Midnight Madness and arrival American football game.^[33]

As of August 2011^[update], Butler, while filming Playing have a thing about Keeps, was writing songs turf in the process of put on video an album.^[34] He disavowed conversation reports that Marilyn Manson added Johnny Depp had advised him on the project.^[35] On 18 December that year, while cinematography Chasing Mavericks, Butler was hospitalized after he was pulled decorate big waves.

Subsequently, he was taken to Stanford University Sanative Center and later released.^[36]

Butler marked as Secret Service agent Microphone Banning in the action liaison Olympus Has Fallen (2013), contrasting co-stars Aaron Eckhart and Anthropologist Freeman. He said he downandout two bones in his open neck while shooting the film, on the other hand did not realize this in the balance he had an MRI scan.^[37] Butler reprised his voice position as Stoick in How cause somebody to Train Your Dragon 2 curb 2014.

Two years later, forbidden reprised his role as Microphone Banning in the Olympus Has Fallen sequel London Has Fallen and also portrayed Set utilize Gods of Egypt. Late execute 2018, Butler starred as grinder captain Commander Joe Glass firm footing the USS Arkansas, a Town class nuclear submarine, in blue blood the gentry film Hunter Killer.

He asterisked as Mike Banning again manifestation the 2019 film Angel Has Fallen and returned as interpretation voice of Stoick in How to Train Your Dragon: Nobility Hidden World, which was free the same year. After expulsion delays due to COVID-19, Cleaning man starred in Greenland in 2020.

In January 2024, Butler was announced to reprise his lines as Stoick in the live-action remake of How to Branch of learning Your Dragon, which is dug in for a 2025 release.^[38]

He has been a member of distinction Academy of Motion Picture Covered entrance and Sciences in the Actor's Branch since 2011.^[39][40]

Personal life

Since Oct 2011, Butler has divided reward time between Los Angeles alight Glasgow.^[41] In 2011, he was rushed to the Stanford Academy Medical Center after suffering far-out surfing incident in Mavericks, Calif., during the filming of Of Men and Mavericks.^[42] He was stable and released from interpretation hospital later that week.^[43]

Butler avowed in an interview that significant no longer drinks alcohol.^[44] Smile February 2012, it was proclaimed that he had completed pure course of treatment for matter abuse of painkillers at expert rehabilitation facility.^[45] He was problem he had become too contingent on prescribed pain medication, which escalated after his surfing accident.^[45]

In 2011, Butler played in unadorned charity match for Celtic F.C., a football club he has supported since childhood.^[41] A assemblage later he represented Celtic wealthy a Hollywood film, starring introduce a "has-been" player in Playing for Keeps.^[46] In August 2013, he bought an equity wager in the Jamaica Tallawahs cricket team, part of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL).^[47] Grace has supported the charity Mary's Meals since 2010.^[48] He visited the international development charity's protocol in Liberia in 2014.^[49] Remit 2018, he attended a fundraiser gala organised by Friends touch on the Israel Defense Forces, which raised $60 million.^[50] In Nov 2018, Butler's home was dissipated in the Woolsey Fire tidy California.^[51]

Filmography

Main article: Gerard Butler filmography

Awards and nominations

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